About Me

Scott Bradley Murphy

Art has played a vital role throughout Scott's life and a means to finding balance and complete fulfillment.  Inspired at an early age by his late Grandmother, Neva Gass, he strives to carry on her legacy and passion for the arts every day.  Rather than following in her footsteps of paint and brush he sought out to discover an unprecedented method that he could call his own while still honoring her attention to detail.  Upon graduating from the University of Iowa and moving out West in the summer of 2006, Scott was thrust into a world gilded with artistic outlets.  It was there in the City of Angels, four years later, that his mind would finally find solace in the form of a Rand McNally roadmap.  Weathered and bent up in the side saddle of his 2010 Harley-Davidson Sportster Motorcycle was the medium he'd been looking for.  Scott's love for motorcycles and artwork alike had previously paralleled but in that moment collided head on.  The concept was simple; artwork made by a motorbike enthusiast for motorbike enthusiasts.  He decided the best way to transform the paper roadmap into the shape of a motorcycle would be by cutting it up into thousands of tiny squares and selecting certain colors within the map to act as his "paint."  In other words, it would be a member of the mosaic family.  His first attempt wasn't perfect but amazed the few that saw it, including Keith Ball, creator of www.bikernet.com, who featured the art piece online.  Roadmap Mosaics was born!

Since then, Scott's Roadmap Mosaics have continued to gain popularity and awareness.  These works have been on display at Cafe Vida in the Pacific Palisades as well as the Harley-Davidson dealership of Westminster, CA.  It has been Scott's honor to donate customized art pieces for both the Art of Independence Gala hosted by CANDEO and the Harley-Davidson 110th Anniversary benefit for DAV (Disabled American Veterans).  He is excited that he is able to help others through his craft and looks forward to any future involvement with Non-Profit organizations.  There are currently 6 Roadmap Mosaics in existence and more on the way.  The process of constructing them takes anywhere from 1-2 months and each is a one-of-a-kind collector's item.  You can view a timeline of each project and all other updates right here on this blog or you can visit his page on Facebook by searching Roadmap Mosaics by Scott Murphy.  Thanks for visiting!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Roadmap-Mosaics-by-Scott-Murphy/237886986368036 

"Never ride faster than your guardian angel can fly."

-Annonymous